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THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES CALLED<br/>
<span class=large>EXODUS</span>
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CHAPTER 32
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Aaron makes a golden calf, which Israel worships—Moses serves as a mediator between God and rebellious Israel—Moses breaks the tablets of stone—Levites slay about 3000 rebels—Moses pleads and intercedes for the people.
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And</span> when the people saw that Moses <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 24: 18; Ex. 34: 28; Deut. 9: 9.">delayed</a> to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 32: 23; Acts 7: 40.">gods</a>, which shall <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/32/1c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 13: 21.">go</a> before us; for <i>as for</i> this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we <sup>d</sup><a href="ex/32/1d" mark="d" type="D" title="OR know (also v. 23).">wot</a> not what is become of him.
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And Aaron said unto them, Break off the <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Judg. 8: 26 (24-27).">golden</a> earrings, which <i>are</i> in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring <i>them</i> unto me.
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And all the people brake off the golden earrings which <i>were</i> in their ears, and brought <i>them</i> unto Aaron.
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And he received <i>them</i> at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Neh. 9: 18; Ps. 106: 19; D&C 124: 84.">molten</a> calf: and they said, <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Alma 30: 53.">These</a> <i>be</i> thy <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/32/4c" mark="c" type="C" title="Ex. 20: 23; Acts 7: 41; Rom. 1: 23 (18-25); TG Idolatry.">gods</a>, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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And when Aaron saw <i>it,</i> he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow <i>is</i> a feast to the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 24: 5 (5-8).">peace</a> offerings; and the <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Cor. 10: 7.">people</a> sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
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&#182; And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 6: 11 (11-13); Deut. 4: 16 (14-19); Deut. 9: 12 (11-15); Hosea 9: 9 (7-9); D&C 38: 11.">corrupted</a> <i>themselves:</i>
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They have <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 9: 16; 1 Ne. 17: 30 (30-31, 42); D&C 84: 24 (23-25).">turned</a> aside <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/8b" mark="b" type="A" title="Alma 46: 8; Hel. 12: 4 (2-7).">quickly</a> out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/32/8c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 20: 4 (3-4, 23).">molten</a> calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These <i>be</i> thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it <i>is</i> a <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Apostasy of Israel; TG Stiffneckedness.">stiffnecked</a> people:
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Now therefore let me alone, that my <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 22: 24; D&C 84: 24.">wrath</a> may wax hot against them, and that I may <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/10b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 9: 14 (13-14), 19 (18-20); Ps. 106: 23.">consume</a> them: and I will make of thee a great <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/32/10c" mark="c" type="A" title="Num. 14: 12.">nation</a>.
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And Moses <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 9: 18 (18, 26-29).">besought</a> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> his God, and said, <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand?
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Wherefore should the <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 14: 13 (13-16); Deut. 9: 28.">Egyptians</a> speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth?  Turn from thy fierce wrath, <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/12b" mark="b" type="H" title="JST Ex. 32: 12  . . .  Turn from thy fierce wrath. Thy people will repent of this evil; therefore come thou not out against them.">and</a> <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/32/12c" mark="c" type="A" title="Gen. 6: 6; Ex. 32: 14; Deut. 9: 19.">repent</a> of this evil against thy people.
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Remember <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 13: 23.">Abraham</a>, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 22: 16 (15-19).">swarest</a> by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/32/13c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 27: 10; Abr. 1: 2.">multiply</a> your <sup>d</sup><a href="ex/32/13d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Seed of Abraham.">seed</a> as the stars of heaven, and all this <sup>e</sup><a href="ex/32/13e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Promised Lands.">land</a> that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit <i>it</i> for ever.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/14a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Ex. 32: 14 (Appendix).">And</a> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/14b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 6: 6; Ex. 32: 12; Num. 23: 19.">repented</a> of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
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&#182; And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/15a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 24: 12; Ex. 34: 29; Deut. 4: 13.">tables</a> of the testimony <i>were</i> in his hand: the tables <i>were</i> written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other <i>were</i> they written.
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And the <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/16a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Law of Moses.">tables</a> <i>were</i> the work of God, and the <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/16b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Scriptures, Writing.">writing</a> <i>was</i> the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
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And when <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 17: 9; Ex. 24: 13; Ex. 33: 11.">Joshua</a> heard the noise of the people as they <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/17b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Rioting and Reveling.">shouted</a>, he said unto Moses, <i>There is</i> a noise of war in the camp.
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And he said, <i>It is</i> not the voice of <i>them that</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/18a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB call for courage.">shout</a> for mastery, neither <i>is it</i> the voice of <i>them that</i> cry for being overcome: <i>but</i> the noise of <i>them that</i> sing do I hear.
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&#182; And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 9: 16 (16-17, 21).">saw</a> the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/19b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Anger.">anger</a> waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/32/19c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 34: 1; D&C 84: 23 (19-26).">brake</a> them beneath the mount.
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And he took the <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 9: 21.">calf</a> which they had made, and burnt <i>it</i> in the fire, and ground <i>it</i> to powder, and <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/20b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR strewed.">strawed</a> <i>it</i> upon the <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/32/20c" mark="c" type="A" title="Deut. 9: 21.">water</a>, and made the children of Israel drink <i>of it.</i>
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And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
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And Aaron said, Let not the <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Gen. 44: 18; Deut. 9: 20.">anger</a> of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they <i>are</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/22b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 16: 20 (19-21)."><i>set</i></a> on <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/32/22c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 14: 11; Ex. 17: 2 (2, 4).">mischief</a>.
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For they said unto me, <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Acts 7: 40; 1 Ne. 17: 42.">Make</a> us <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/23b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 32: 1.">gods</a>, which shall go before us: for <i>as for</i> this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
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And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break <i>it</i> off.  So they gave <i>it</i> me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.
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&#182; And when Moses saw that the people <i>were</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/25a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR riotous, let loose.">naked</a>; (for Aaron had made them <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/25b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Chr. 28: 19; 2 Ne. 9: 14; Morm. 9: 5.">naked</a> unto <i>their</i> shame among their enemies:)
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Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who <i>is</i> on the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>’s side?  <i>let him come</i> unto me.  And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.
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And he said unto them, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, <i>and</i> go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 25: 5.">slay</a> every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
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And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
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For Moses had said, <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/29a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Dedication.">Consecrate</a> yourselves to day to the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, even every man upon his <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/29b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 13: 6 (6-11).">son</a>, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/32/29c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 130: 20; D&C 132: 5.">blessing</a> this day.
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&#182; And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/30a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Sam. 12: 20 (20-25).">sinned</a> a great sin: and now I will go up unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>; <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/30b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR perhaps.">peradventure</a> I shall make an <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/32/30c" mark="c" type="A" title="Num. 25: 13.">atonement</a> for your sin.
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And Moses returned unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/31a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Worship.">gods</a> of gold.
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Yet now, if thou wilt <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/32a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 9: 26 (18, 26-29).">forgive</a> their sin—; and if not, <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/32b" mark="b" type="A" title="Rom. 9: 3.">blot</a> me, I pray thee, out of thy <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/32/32c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ps. 139: 16.">book</a> which thou hast <sup>d</sup><a href="ex/32/32d" mark="d" type="A" title="Luke 10: 20.">written</a>.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto Moses, <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/33a" mark="a" type="A" title="A of F 2.">Whosoever</a> hath <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/33b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Accountability.">sinned</a> against me, him will I <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/32/33c" mark="c" type="A" title="Mosiah 26: 36; Alma 1: 24; Alma 6: 3; Moro. 6: 7; D&C 20: 83.">blot</a> out of my <sup>d</sup><a href="ex/32/33d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Book of Life; TG Book of Remembrance; TG Record Keeping.">book</a>.
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Therefore now go, <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/32/34a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 33: 12.">lead</a> the people unto <i>the place</i> of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/32/34b" mark="b" type="A" title="Num. 20: 16.">Angel</a> shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
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